1) I don’t think it’s too disappointing that the Pats “only” managed 310 passing yards against the Jets secondary. Give them credit, with Revis and Rhodes, they have one of the best corner/safety combos in the NFL. Either of those players would start for the Pats, and it was good to see NE exploit the weaker aspects of the Jets defense yesterday. The best news for Moss is that he isn’t likely to see the physical corners that have given him trouble in the playoffs. We know he can play against Indy, he’s done it against Pitt the last two years, and Cincy is a bit of an unknown. Jets, Ravens, and Denver were his worst games this year and as of right now none of those teams look playoff-bound.

2) The running game should only get better with time. At the beginning of the season, when the Pats had 5 healthy starting linemen and 5 healthy backs, they were pretty good running the ball. The last few weeks, with Taylor and Morris out, and linemen getting banged up, the running game has looked pretty mediocre. If they still look like that with Morris and (hopefully) Taylor running, and Light/Vollmer, Neal, Koppen blocking, I’ll be concerned. But they’re good enough to get by for now.

3) The most concerning trend through 10 games, to me, is that the Pats seem to be a “first half team.” In all three of the Pats losses this year, they’ve held halftime leads. I don’t know what the numbers are, but I feel like the Pats NEVER used to lose after leading at the half. This year, the Pats have scored 196 points in the first half and 94 in the second. Their defense has allowed 79 points in the first half, 85 in the second (that’s total points allowed, which counts things like blocked punts for TD’s). Take out the Tennessee game, which could go in the dictionary under the definition of “outlier,” and the Pats scoring numbers by half are 151/80 for the offense, and the same 79/85 allowed by the defense. Even though NE is second in the league with a 126 point (12.6/g) differential, they’re only +9 in the second half and have actually been outscored by the opposition if the Tennessee game is removed. That’s what concerns me the most. The Pats inability to “finish” first reared it’s ugly head in the 2006 AFC Championship. And it’s still an issue today.

4) Does anyone know where you can get splits of team stats online? I wanted to look at the Pats first/second half splits, and couldn’t find that option on any of the typical sites (NFL.com, espn, pro-football-reference, etc.). They only provide splits for player stats. So apologies if any of the above stats are incorrect, I had to do all the elementary-level math myself!